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Throwing Solutions at a Problem
1 day ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
2 days ago
Research, Analysis and Dissemination
3 days ago
The Importance of Design
4 days ago
The Pace of Change is Collapsing
5 days ago
A New Fresh Look
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Knowing your Code Context
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Chocolate Milk and Coffee do not Mix
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Your Daily Learn
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I Don’t Know
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It has never been easier than it is now to throw multiple solutions at a problem. Solutions you can validate, attempt, and see what they do. That’s what you are up against now: systems that throw solutions at problems, not ideas, not blue-sky thinking, not options, but the actual solutions. You probably can’t throw multiple solutions at any one problem, but you can come prepared, ready to work, ready to put together a solid list. You can throw your will, design, purpose, and value at the problem. Harder to measure, but easier to see in the end. Want more? Check …
1 day ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
Greg Thomas
AI does all the job. Does it do it the right way? Debatable. But they always go all in on a task, without fail, right or wrong. Sometimes you have to go all in. You can’t analyze and theorize forever; you can’t always stick your foot in the water. You have to do the whole job. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
2 days ago
Research, Analysis and Dissemination
Greg Thomas
Want to look good at working on a problem? Research – Identify the issue, what are the different “things” that could be causing the problem, dig deep into what they are, don’t scratch the surface. Analysis – Look at your research, what applies, what doesn’t, what is feasible, what isn’t, what could work, and what can’t. Come up with a solution that fixes the problem and explains why. Desseminate – Complex solutions don’t always have simple answers. Being able to disseminate to an end user, another team member, or your manager is a skill beyond value when you can translate …
1 week ago
I Don’t Know
I want an AI prompt to return – “I don’t know”. I want it so bad. I don’t want other options or ideas, I want that one line. To me, that’s when AI has closed the gap on working with humans – when I can have a conversation with you and get back “I don’t know”. When someone on a team replies with “I don’t know,” that’s when you realize the pivot, the next course of action, how to take a step back and rethink the problem – all of those great reset moments. No adjectives, no verbs, no 14 …
1 week ago
The Developer Leadership Balance
Team Leadership for developers is at a very tricky point right now. We have had code generators in the past that improved developers’ work, but we would never compare a developer to a generator. But now, agents and application generation are letting those thoughts permeate into our minds as we work and lead our team. It’s easy to show up to a meeting, now, and have a user type in a prompt, during a meeting, and show the app they have created in minutes. To add to this, many organizations are tracking token usage to ensure developers are using AI …
2 weeks ago
You’ve hit your Usage Limits
I tried out Claude Design this weekend. Pretty cool, lots of fun. I thought I’d build a presentation with it. I got pretty excited as I worked through it, and then after a few hours of work, I hit my weekly usage limit. One presentation, 32 slides, 2 hours of work – usage limits hit for the week. No deep thinking on learning. Does it mean it’s a bad product? No, I just didn’t plan for the usage limit to kick in before I was done, or know what it equated to. What I learned; When you hit your usage …